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AKBAYAN (Citizens Action Party) | 09.22.2011
Coinciding with the 39th year anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, Akbayan lawmakers today filed a resolution urging the House of Representatives to officially declare former dictator Ferdinand Marcos an “enemy of democracy.” House Resolution No. 1756 authored by Akbayan Representatives Walden Bello and Kaka Bag-ao called on Congress to condemn the atrocities committed by the late strongman. It also called on Congress to “strongly oppose” the revival of any proposal that would portray Marcos as a hero. Akbayan said the Marcos dictatorship was perhaps one of the darkest parts in the country’s political history. The group said the Marcos dictatorship through the utilization of a brutal military establishment was responsible for 3,257 murders, 35,000 torture cases and 70,000 incarcerations.
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BenCyrus G. Ellorin / MindaNews | 06.03.2011
LANTAD, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews/25 May) – The people in what used to be a “liberated” zone of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) has approved today the “Lantad Manifesto” asking both the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the umbrella organization of the armed communists, the National Democratic Front (NDF), to respect their right to self-determination and peace. William Castillo, general manager of the Lantad Multi-purpose Cooperative (LMPC), said that they are demanding from both the GPH and the NDF to respect their decision to live in peace and free from tyranny because they do not want the violence that plagued their community in the past. Castillo is the son of Leonardo Castillo who served as the “mayor” of the revolutionary government of Lantad from 1988 to 1992. Sitio Lantad in Barangay Kibanban had been the hotbed of the communist insurgency in the 1980s and the 1990s. In 1987, a revolutionary government was set up by the National Democratic Front (NDF), making Lantad as the capital of the revolutionary movement in Northern Mindanao.
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David Swanson | 01.26.2011
"So tonight, I am proposing that starting this year, we freeze annual domestic spending for the next five years." Thus spoke the President last night. "Domestic" spending means non-war and non-military spending. Over half of our public spending goes to wars and the military. Even the President's own catfood (deficit) commission recommended cutting $100 billion. Why leave it out of the freeze? This may be why:
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J Esplanada | 06.19.2010
RANGOON—From tree planting in Burma (Myanmar) to a solidarity rally in Washington and flash mobs in Britain, people around the world are holding events to mark the 65th birthday today of Aung San Suu Kyi. Supporters of Burma’s iconic democracy leader plan to throw a small party for her at one of their houses in northern Rangoon, but Suu Kyi won’t be there. In Makati, Philippines, about 70 activists yesterday marked Suu Kyi’s 65th birthday by rallying in front of the Embassy of Burma, demanding for her release. The mostly women demonstrators carried large posters of Suu Kyi staring out from barbed wire. The activists with yellow flowers recited poems, sang songs and called for democracy in the junta-led country.
Sun., January 10, 2010 - Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Potluck Supper and Program, University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street, Phila., PA - Why We Fight, large screen showing of the award winning documentary film as we approach the fifth anniversary of its release and the 49th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address on January 17, 1961, in which he warned of the "disastrous rise of misplaced power" that is the military-industrial complex.Why We Fight, (2005, PG-13), directed by Eugene Jarecki, is a documentary film about the U.S.
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Retiarius Zogreso | 12.25.2009
Food Not Bombs now has a Camden chapter. They did their first food service on November 22, and Life-Net Radio was there. LISTEN "Food Not Bombs is one of the fastest growing revolutionary movements and is gaining momentum throughout the world. There are hundreds of autonomous chapters sharing free vegetarian food with hungry people and protesting war and poverty[...] throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia." More Info: foodnotbombs.net | New Jersey Chapters Related: Mantua Food Not Bombs (video)  -+-+-+-+-+-
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the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Movement | 08.15.2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a Hollywood action movie packed with CGI-enhanced martial arts; explosions; sci-fi hi-tech weapons; chase scenes and topped off with near superhuman ‘good’ and ‘bad guys.’ Typical of Hollywood-type action movies, the plot centers around preventing the bad guys from attaining global dominance. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, like another summer blockbuster, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, is one of many movies that promotes militarism and by extension imperialism. http://raimd.wordpress.com G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a Hollywood action movie packed with CGI-enhanced martial arts; explosions; sci-fi hi-tech weapons; chase scenes and topped off with near superhuman ‘good’ and ‘bad guys.’ Typical of Hollywood-type action movies, the plot centers around preventing the bad guys from attaining global dominance. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, like another summer blockbuster, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, is one of many movies that promotes militarism and by extension imperialism.
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Uhuru Movement | 07.16.2009
THUR JULY 16: 7:30pm at the Uhuru Solidarity Center Chioma Oruh on why we must resist AFRICOM & NORTHCOM! THUR JULY 16:
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Stephen Lendman | 06.25.2009
imperial America's global face America's "Bases of Empire" - by Stephen Lendman Besides waging perpetual wars, nothing better reveals America's imperial agenda than its hundreds of global bases - for offense, not defense at a time the US hasn't had an enemy since the Japanese surrendered in August 1945. So when they don't exist, they're invented as former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Charles W. Freeman, Jr., suggested in a May 24, 2007 speech to the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs: "When our descendants look back on the end of the 20th century and the beginning of this one, they will be puzzled. The end of the Cold War relieved Americans of almost all international anxieties." As the world's sole remaining superpower, "We did not rise to the occasion."
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Mariz Quimpo | 06.18.2009
25 June 2009 PHILIPPINES. It is quite common these days to read from the newspapers violence being perpetrated by the communist New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) that most Filipinos no longer care as long they are not the poor victims. People have become so passive that when rebels committed atrocities to civilians, none would make a fuss about it or chastise the perpetrators -- except for the families of the victims and the authorities. None would take the initiative to launch a crusade to seek justice. This is also what happened 20 years ago today. Very few would likely remember that on June 25, 1989, in a small village in Digos, Davao Del Sur, 39 people, many of them children, were mercilessly gunned-down by CPP-NPA rebels while they were attending a Sunday mass. Two of the victims, UCCP Pastor Ruben Ayap and his brother were beheaded. The motive: the village leaders refused to cooperate with the rebels. The CPP-NPA general command later admitted responsibility for the brutal killings and promised indemnification of the families of victims, which never happened. 
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